Posted on 02/05/2018 11:57:38 AM PST by massmike
A New York high school has canceled a production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” after a student activist group complained about a white student being cast in a lead role.
Members of Ithaca High School’s Students United Ithaca — all five of them — got together and wrote up a letter and list of demands after the role of Esmeralda went to a Caucasian peer.
“It shows you that theater wasn’t made for you,” said Maddi Carroll, a member of the Students United group who is African-American. “And it shows you that, if you can’t get the parts that are written for you, what parts are you going to get?”
Students United’s letter conceded that the student cast as Esmeralda “is a stellar actor, singer, and dancer” and that any production would be “lucky to have her.”
However, it added: “Our concern is not with her, but with the fact that in terms of demographics, she is the wrong choice for this role.”
The group’s demands, listed on its Facebook page, included a cessation of play rehearsals, a stoppage of hiring (production) people who have not “changed their actions” following complaints from “parents of color” and “social justice activists,” and an end to the “racist and openly stated policy of ‘color blind’ casting.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecollegefix.com ...
Affirmative action trumps talent
In the original, Esmeralda is French/Roma. What gives African students any claim to the role? This is just beyond bizarre.
From The Critic
I would cancel any production of “Hamilton” if any black people were hired for the cast ...
Quasi Mofo wasnt white.
The perpetually offended crowd is........offended.
.....and in other news ...the sun came up this morning.
Cultural appropriation which people of non white DNA object to strenuously is o.k. when they do it.
Idiots “demanding”...idiots caving to their idiocy.
I loved that cartoon.
How racist of them.
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Hamilton! metastasized.
I’m pretty sure they should just cancel Ithaca and go somewhere less white while they’re at it, too.
Clearly, white children should be segregated away from minorities in order to assure the minority children of an educational safe space that’s free from white oppression.
Naturally, these new segregated schools should be separate but equal.
OK then, put on an Al Jolsen musical.....
You can spell it Jolson
Pure racism.
Obamaism continues. Same going on here as well...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/philadelphia-eagles-super-bowl-white-house-visit/index.html
Is it Black History Month ?
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